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You have a miljon others that is NOT americans or UK citizens or australians nor people from Denmark, the rest of us will use the monthly income letter many of us, any poll for us or doesn´t we exist in your world...

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Personally - and after living in Thailand with the wife and kiddie for the last 3 years - I am looking now at bringing my Thai family back to the UK. I have left already.

My worry for people retiring in Thailand now will be, how long after they see people happy about showing 800k for 6 months or whatever, will it be changed to showing it ALL year, and then raising it again and again - what is your own personal safety threshold ? How long before they change 65k income method to 80k, or beyond.

Life in Thailand appears now only to be plannable for a year at a time, waiting on edge and with bated breath after your visa stamp for the next change of rules.

If you are lucky enough currently to be able to afford everything without an agent - good luck to you. I'd say atleast 95% of all those I know used an agent and are stuffed under these new regulations if cannot get a new agent source. They will all have to leave or overstay - and considering nearly 50% of them have no homes in their home countries, I guess they may choose to overstay.

Would I come back to Thailand ? Maybe, but not currently more than just a holiday to visit wife's family.

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Not really. There are already cases being reported on TV of the 65k monthly bank deposits not being accepted. Probably because they think a lot of the 65k is recycled money, and they are probably right. It was to be expect this would happen.

A lot of Embassies not issuing the letters now.

There is the O visa which requires insurance. I can imagine the price for an older person with pre-existing conditions. Probably can't even qualify for insurance, so that visa is out for them.

That leaves tourist visas. So the whole thing goes full circle with many back to living on tourist visas here and doing visa runs.

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Personally - and after living in Thailand with the wife and kiddie for the last 3 years - I am looking now at bringing my Thai family back to the UK. I have left already.

My worry for people retiring in Thailand now will be, how long after they see people happy about showing 800k for 6 months or whatever, will it be changed to showing it ALL year, and then raising it again and again - what is your own personal safety threshold ? How long before they change 65k income method to 80k, or beyond.

Life in Thailand appears now only to be plannable for a year at a time, waiting on edge and with bated breath after your visa stamp for the next change of rules.

If you are lucky enough currently to be able to afford everything without an agent - good luck to you. I'd say atleast 95% of all those I know used an agent and are stuffed under these new regulations if cannot get a new agent source. They will all have to leave or overstay - and considering nearly 50% of them have no homes in their home countries, I guess they may choose to overstay.

Would I come back to Thailand ? Maybe, but not currently more than just a holiday to visit wife's family.

That's the way I see it. It's all about raising funding, and nothing to do with what is actually needed to live on here, or to be select with who resides here.

Just an easy way to attract foreign investment. Make foreigners invest in their own visa.

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Not really. There are already cases being reported on TV of the 65k monthly bank deposits not being accepted. Probably because they think a lot of the 65k is recycled money, and they are probably right. It was to be expect this would happen.

A lot of Embassies not issuing the letters now.

There is the O visa which requires insurance. I can imagine the price for an older person with pre-existing conditions. Probably can't even qualify for insurance, so that visa is out for them.

That leaves tourist visas. So the whole thing goes full circle with many back to living on tourist visas here and doing visa runs.

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Not really. There are already cases being reported on TV of the 65k monthly bank deposits not being accepted. Probably because they think a lot of the 65k is recycled money, and they are probably right. It was to be expect this would happen.

A lot of Embassies not issuing the letters now.

There is the O visa which requires insurance. I can imagine the price for an older person with pre-existing conditions. Probably can't even qualify for insurance, so that visa is out for them.

That leaves tourist visas. So the whole thing goes full circle with many back to living on tourist visas here and doing visa runs.

Or, people just overstay.

Or people make a trip back to their home country, get an O-A , good for two years, no insurance, no transfers, no deposit .Seems like the best option to me .